Clayton Richard
Clayton C. Richard
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 240 lb.

Born: September 12, 1983 in Lafayette, IN
High School: McCutcheon (Lafayette, IN)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 8th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 2008
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 24 CHW AL 2 5 .286 6.04 13 8 3 0 0 0 47.2 61 37 32 5 13 2 29 0 1 1 215 76 1.552 11.5 0.9 2.5 5.5 2.23
2009 25 TOT MLB 9 5 .643 4.41 38 26 3 1 0 0 153.0 154 81 75 17 71 0 114 3 3 7 663 96 1.471 9.1 1.0 4.2 6.7 1.61
2009 25 CHW AL 4 3 .571 4.65 26 14 3 1 0 0 89.0 94 50 46 10 37 0 66 3 2 5 387 100 1.472 9.5 1.0 3.7 6.7 1.78
2009 25 SDP NL 5 2 .714 4.08 12 12 0 0 0 0 64.0 60 31 29 7 34 0 48 0 1 2 276 91 1.469 8.4 1.0 4.8 6.8 1.41
2 Seasons 11 10 .524 4.80 51 34 6 1 0 0 200.2 215 118 107 22 84 2 143 3 4 8 878 90 1.490 9.6 1.0 3.8 6.4 1.70
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .524 4.80 41 27 5 1 0 0 161 172 94 86 18 67 2 114 2 3 6 702 90 1.490 9.6 1.0 3.8 6.4 1.70
CHW (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.14 39 22 6 1 0 0 136.2 155 87 78 15 50 2 95 3 3 6 602 90 1.500 10.2 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.90
SDP (1 yr) 5 2 .714 4.08 12 12 0 0 0 0 64.0 60 31 29 7 34 0 48 0 1 2 276 91 1.469 8.4 1.0 4.8 6.8 1.41
AL (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.14 39 22 6 1 0 0 136.2 155 87 78 15 50 2 95 3 3 6 602 90 1.500 10.2 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.90
NL (1 yr) 5 2 .714 4.08 12 12 0 0 0 0 64.0 60 31 29 7 34 0 48 0 1 2 276 91 1.469 8.4 1.0 4.8 6.8 1.41

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 24 CHW AL ALDS L TBR 0 0 1.42 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 25 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 8.5 2.00
1 ALDS 0 0 1.42 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 25 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 8.5 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 24 CHW AL 13 215 201 37 61 16 0 5 6 0 13 29 .303 .344 .458 .802 .333 92 4 0 0 1 2
2009 25 TOT MLB 38 663 576 81 154 24 3 17 13 10 71 114 .267 .348 .408 .756 .304 235 19 3 8 5 0
2009 25 SDP NL 12 276 236 31 60 7 2 7 5 5 34 48 .254 .347 .390 .737 .291 92 7 0 5 1 0
2009 25 CHW AL 26 387 340 50 94 17 1 10 8 5 37 66 .276 .349 .421 .770 .313 143 12 3 3 4 0
2 Seasons 51 878 777 118 215 40 3 22 19 10 84 143 .277 .347 .421 .768 .312 327 23 3 8 6 2
162 Game Avg. 41 702 622 94 172 32 2 18 15 8 67 114 .277 .347 .421 .768 .312 262 18 2 6 5 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2008 24 CHW AL 13 8 2 5 1 0 1 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 3 38% 40 63 11 10 7 2 5 3.9 4.3 5.0 81 2 6 0 0 93
2009 25 TOT MLB 38 26 9 5 12 3 0 16 10 .615 3 6 1 0 10 38% 49 75 15 23 3 3 10 5.5 5.4 5.2 91 5 12 9 0 116
2009 25 CHW AL 26 14 4 3 7 1 0 7 7 .500 2 4 1 0 5 36% 49 75 19 15 3 3 4 5.6 5.7 5.2 90 3 6 5 0 116
2009 25 SDP NL 12 12 5 2 5 2 0 9 3 .750 1 2 0 0 5 42% 50 74 15 8 0 0 6 5.5 5.0 5.3 93 2 6 4 0 106
2 Seasons 51 34 11 10 13 3 1 19 15 .559 3 7 1 0 13 38% 47 75 11 33 10 5 15 5.1 5.1 5.2 89 7 18 9 0 116
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 24 CHW AL 13 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0.930 0 0 4 1 0 4 1 4 2 0 2 0 4.8 25
2009 25 TOT MLB 38 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% 0.881 2 3 6 2 0 10 6 6 6 4 7 0 4.2 22
2009 25 CHW AL 26 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% 6 0.860 2 3 6 2 0 10 6 6 6 4 7 0 4.2 22
2 Seasons 39 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 46% 0.885 2 3 10 3 0 14 7 10 8 4 9 0 4.4 23

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2008 24 CHW AL 215 64% 2.3% 13.5% 6.1% 9.8% 34% 1.02 1.63 78% 18% 6.8% 13% 38 4 11%
2009 25 TOT MLB 663 78% 2.6% 17.2% 10.7% 6.6% 29% 0.99 1.23 68% 17% 8.1% 10% 128 19 15%
2009 25 CHW AL 387 74% 2.6% 17.1% 9.6% 7.2% 30% 0.94 1.19 69% 19% 7.9% 11% 79 12 15%
2009 25 SDP NL 276 83% 2.5% 17.4% 12.3% 5.8% 27% 1.07 1.28 66% 15% 8.4% 7% 49 7 14%
2 Seasons 878 75% 2.5% 16.3% 9.6% 7.4% 30% 1.00 1.32 70% 18% 7.8% 10% 166 23 14%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 24 CHW AL 215 775 3.60 493 64% 28% 12% 25% 35% 72% 3% 46% 84% 61% 7% 14 8 19% 41 22 4 10% 7 4 0 0 0
2009 25 TOT MLB 663 2624 3.96 1597 61% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 0% 44% 81% 55% 6% 38 28 24% 159 83 2 26% 27 10 0 0 0
2009 25 CHW AL 387 1514 3.91 926 61% 28% 12% 29% 30% 72% 0% 44% 83% 56% 5% 19 14 24% 94 40 2 27% 11 5 0 0 0
2009 25 SDP NL 276 1110 4.02 671 60% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 0% 44% 80% 54% 7% 19 14 24% 65 43 0 25% 16 5 0 0 0
2 Seasons 878 3399 3.87 2090 61% 28% 13% 28% 31% 72% 1% 44% 82% 57% 6% 52 36 23% 200 105 6 23% 34 14 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2008 24 CHW AL 215 61 8 1 5 0 3 5 0 3 2 12 5 2 42% 4 1 0 84 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2009 25 TOT MLB 663 154 19 3 17 1 15 13 4 8 9 29 22 4 76% 9 7 2 238 13 10 57% 7 9 6 0 0 1 9 8 17 0
2009 25 CHW AL 387 94 10 2 10 1 11 7 3 6 4 20 13 3 65% 4 5 0 143 8 5 62% 4 5 4 0 0 0 6 5 10 0
2009 25 SDP NL 276 60 9 1 7 0 4 6 1 2 5 9 9 1 100% 5 2 2 95 5 5 50% 3 4 2 0 0 1 3 3 7 0
2 Seasons 878 215 27 4 22 1 18 18 4 11 11 41 27 6 66% 13 8 2 322 19 10 66% 11 9 8 0 0 1 9 8 21 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2008 24 2 5 .286 6.04 13 8 3 0 0 0 47.2 61 37 32 5 13 2 29 0 1 1 215 76 1.552 11.5 0.9 2.5 5.5 2.23 76
2009 25 11 10 .524 4.80 51 34 6 1 0 0 200.2 215 118 107 22 84 2 143 3 4 8 878 90 1.490 9.6 1.0 3.8 6.4 1.70 90

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2008 24 2 3 .400 5.62 48.0 59 33 30 5 13 29 0 1.500 11.1 2.4 5.4 2.23 0.9 13
2009 25 7 9 .438 4.66 145.0 154 83 75 17 71 108 3 1.552 9.6 4.4 6.7 1.52 1.1 38
2 Seasons 9 12 .429 4.90 193.0 213 116 105 22 84 137 3 1.539 9.9 6.4 1.63 1.0 51

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Similarity Scores

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  1. Eric Stults (981)
  2. Roy Meeker (977)
  3. Dana Kiecker (977)
  4. Carlos Hernandez (976)
  5. Brownie Foreman (976)
  6. Eddie Bane (974)
  7. Corky Valentine (974)
  8. Clay Buchholz (974)
  9. Gary Serum (974)
  10. Jerry Ujdur (974)
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  1. Lefty Grove (985) *
  2. Ken Dayley (985)
  3. Joe Sullivan (984)
  4. Tony Freitas (980)
  5. Roy Evans (980)
  6. Roy Meeker (977)
  7. Tom Hume (977)
  8. Bill Pulsipher (975)
  9. Jon Lieber (974)
  10. Brian Moehler (974)
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  1. Lefty Grove (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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